Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All Florida Markets closed the previous week for Thanksgiving holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.09/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$152.09

87 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$4.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.99

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	464	154.09	715	51
Medium and Large 2	433	149.24	647	36

One grade step is worth $4.85/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale87 hd

152.09

—

FL average8 barns · 789 hd

148.10

+3.99

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,581	77.79	1,230	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	51.45	674	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	43.65	443	19

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Townsend Livestock Auction - Madison, FL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	50.14/cwt	48.00–52.00	655	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	769	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	45.53/cwt	44.00–49.00	477	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	41.95/cwt	40.00–45.00	414	10
Bulls	—	—	1,581	77.79/cwt	77.00–83.00	1,230	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	150.79/cwt	147.50–152.50	704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	161.47/cwt	160.00–162.50	594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	146.78/cwt	145.00–152.50	556	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	167.82/cwt	160.00–170.00	446	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	171.14/cwt	167.50–175.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	136.65/cwt	135.00–142.00	376	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	155.51/cwt	155.00–160.00	524	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	142.70/cwt	140.00–147.50	684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	118.28/cwt	115.00–120.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	134.54/cwt	125.00–140.00	763	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	150.87/cwt	147.50–155.00	718	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	140.52/cwt	137.50–142.50	603	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	163.23/cwt	160.00–170.00	707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	121.83/cwt	120.00–127.50	701	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	159.12/cwt	155.00–162.50	600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	142.58/cwt	132.50–147.50	746	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	187	228.39/cwt	225.00–230.00	427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	126.23/cwt	125.00–127.50	795	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	163.45/cwt	162.50–167.50	549	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	151.68/cwt	147.50–155.00	645	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	139.97/cwt	137.50–142.50	518	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	162.42/cwt	160.00–165.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	154.78/cwt	150.00–160.00	356	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	165.79/cwt	165.00–172.50	627	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	132.97/cwt	132.50–135.00	582	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	135.58/cwt	132.50–137.50	636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	115.84/cwt	115.00–117.50	608	11

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Townsend Livestock Auction - Madison, FL

Tue Dec 1, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 468Last week 434Year ago 407

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 93Year ago 31

Compared to one week ago: All Florida Markets closed the previous week for Thanksgiving holiday.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,307	48.00–52.00	50.14
1	—	1,325	58.00	58.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,047	44.00–49.00	45.53
10	—	987	40.00–45.00	41.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,581	77.00–83.00	77.79

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	147.50–152.50	150.79
5	—	368	160.00–162.50	161.47
4	—	330	160.00–165.00	162.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	379	145.00–152.50	146.78
5	—	266	160.00–170.00	167.82
9	—	337	155.00–160.00	155.51
3	—	568	115.00–120.00	118.28
13	—	429	137.50–142.50	140.52
8	—	469	132.50–137.50	135.58
11	—	525	115.00–117.50	115.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	275	135.00–142.00	136.65
8	—	370	137.50–142.50	139.97
4	—	230	150.00–160.00	154.78
10	—	438	132.50–135.00	132.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	167.50–175.00	171.14
7	—	567	125.00–140.00	134.54
8	—	476	147.50–155.00	150.87
3	—	433	160.00–170.00	163.23
13	—	523	132.50–147.50	142.58
3	—	187	225.00–230.00	228.39
4	—	630	125.00–127.50	126.23
9	—	378	165.00–172.50	165.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	479	140.00–147.50	142.70
4	—	575	120.00–127.50	121.83
6	—	377	155.00–162.50	159.12
5	—	336	162.50–167.50	163.45
13	—	425	147.50–155.00	151.68

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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